Marta Tick Cave (Holocene of Jamaica)
Where: Jamaica (18.3° N, 77.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithified claystone
• They were poorly stratified with an upper layer 10-12" thick of powdery reddish brown sediment, below which was 18-24" of dense, yellowish brown loam that rested on bedrock or breccia
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. K. Pregill, R. I. Crombie, D. W. Steadman, L. K. Gordon, F. W. Davis and W. B. Hilgartner. 1991. Living and late Holocene fossil vertebrates and the vegetation of the Cockpit Country, Jamaica. Atol Research Bulletin 353:1-19 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 215359: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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| Reptilia | |
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Leiocephalus cf. jamaicensis curly-tailed lizard | |
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Sphaerodactylus sp. Wagler 1830 round-fingered gecko
Aristelliger sp. Cope 1861 croacking gecko | |
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Typhlops sp. Oppel 1811 blind snake | |
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Ameiva cf. dorsalis Gray 1838 Jamaican groundlizard | |
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Celestus cf. occiduus squamates | |
| Aves | |
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Turdus aurantius true thrush
Turdus jamaicensis true thrush | |
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Loxigilla violacea Linnaeus 1758 greater Antillean bullfinch | |
Geotrygon versicolor, "Columba inornata" = Patagioenas inornata
Geotrygon versicolor dove
"Columba inornata" = Patagioenas inornata Vigors 1827 plain pigeon | |
| Mammalia | |
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Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat | |
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Geocapromys browni hutia | |
| Amphibia | |
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Eleutherodactylus sp. Duméril and Bibron 1841 frog | |
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Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
Osteopilus brunneus tree frog | |